(RADIATOR) simplest and highest performance form of encryption EAP

[Theodore J. Knab]

OK, thanks for clearing that up Jim.

Is there anyway to use WPA with TKIP with Radiator ?

On 24/06/05 09:02 -0500, Jim Michael wrote:
> I think you are confusing encryption with authentication mechanisms. When it comes to wireless, you have a limited number of choices for encrypting the wireless data:
> 
> 1) old WEP. It's broken.
> 2) WPA with TKIP (basically, it's rotating WEP keys). Much harder to break, but not perfect.
> 3) WPA with AES, the new encryption standard. Your hardware must support AES to use it, but its as good as it gets today.
> 
> TLS, TTLS, PEAP, LEAP etc are not concerned with encrypting the data between the access point and the client, they are mechanisms for securely *authenticating* users to a network.
> 
> Jim
> 
> >>> On 6/24/2005 at 7:53 am, "Theodore J. Knab" <tknab2 at washcoll.edu> wrote:
> > What is the simplest to setup and best performance EAP for wireless ? 
> > 
> > I am worried that heavy encryption will slow down performance on the 
> > wireless network.
> > 
> > Additionally, I do not want to spend much time messing around with self 
> > signed TLS cert to use
> > EAP-TLS.
> > 
> > Thus, minimal encryption is desired.
> > 
> > We are using Cisco AiroNET 1200 series and Alactel Aierspace, which was also 
> > recently purchased
> > by Cisco.
> 
> 
> 
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